Learning to Draw Glyphs

Design
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So I know how to use the software, but now I am having trouble learning how letters should look, after I make a glyph it always seems like something is missing or I am not working with nods correctly.

I saw this video:

This guy is drawing in fontlab, it was really helpful for me to see how he constructed each letter, and now I am wondering if any of you have seen tutorials or stuff like this that could help me start drawing better and stuff.
Does anyone has seen videos of creating a whole font? Maybe not super explained ones, I will like to see someone working see what i can learn from there.

Thanks.

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Did you have a look at the videos on the Getting Started page on the website? And there is this tutorial: https://glyphsapp.com/tutorials/drawing-good-paths

Other than that, have a look at existing fonts can help to understand where the points should go.

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There are indeed some YouTube videos (e.g. look for Tyler Finck’s screencast), and also Lynda.com courses. And keep an eye out for a workshop in your area, you will find some on the Events Page.

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I saw this I am still a little confused, maybe I should look at more fonts and try to guess where the nodes are

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I will check Tyler Finck’s videos, I took Lynda.com course is more software focused, I don’t think there are workshops in my area but if you have more video recommendations it will be very helpful.
Thanks:)

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Where are you located approximately?

Update: Lots of YouTube and some Vimeo tutorials out there.

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I live In Honduras